792 reviews for:

A Modest Proposal

Jonathan Swift

3.92 AVERAGE

sofie1912c's review against another edition

3.25

dark

mrsbrewerislit's review

5.0

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Satirical classic

gentle_garbage_baby's review against another edition

3.25

dark funny fast-paced

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I can actually imagine a British politician in 2024 reading this and thinking it's a good idea.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Cannibalism

ronjawd's review against another edition

dark funny

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swift: eat the rich? no, eat the poor

natgoe's review against another edition

2.5

funny lighthearted fast-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Cannibalism

mia_mazzeo's review

3.5

dark funny informative medium-paced

writeroftheinterior's review against another edition

3.25

funny informative fast-paced

itsmeimkaty's review

3.75

dark funny

thisisuru's review

4.0

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3.5 roasted babies out of 5

ambrose_7's review

3.0

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What a fascinating essay, it’s really ingenious in my opinion. Swift catches your attention by using a satirical form of political satire to draw you in, while all the time criticizing all sorts of different things: The Irish government, the Royalty of Ireland, the general pubic, and poverty levels. He does it all under the appalling guise of a man who’s solution to the ever growing number of poverty ridden people in the nation is to fatten up the poor’s kids and then made them into a new delicacy for the upper class to dine on. He uses proposed stats and theory to explain why his viewpoint should be taken seriously. I had to re-read this essay and look up summaries and analysis’s to understand it. It all connects. Written all the way back in 1729, and it wasn’t the least bit boring.